In response to more than a year of security and maintenance complaints about local Metro Gold Line stations, the City Council heard a lengthy presentation from a top L.A. County Metro security official Monday, on overall Gold Line security and maintenance oper... More »
As one member of the Thompson family retires from the Pasadena Police Department, leaving behind a legacy of service to the city’s youth, another member of the family is setting out to create a legacy for himself in the same agency. Sgt. Glenn Thompson, 58, re... More »
A Pasadena man who spent nearly three decades in state prison for killing his stepmother now faces new murder charges for allegedly murdering a retired doctor in El Sereno last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a news statement. ... More »
Tenants living in Caltrans-owned homes in west Pasadena, South Pasadena and El Sereno have been waiting for years to purchase their homes at an affordable price, as guaranteed in the Roberti Bill (AB 113 in 2009). Caltrans announced in 2015 that it would sell ... More »
A small Pasadena Mexican restaurant has reopened after two days of closures ordered by a City of Pasadena Health inspector. Mi Rinconcita Azteca, at 687 N. Raymond Ave., was closed from Jan. 7 to 9 after an inspector reported finding cockroaches, improperly st... More »
Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor André Coleman will join Pasadena Now on Jan. 16. Coleman will serve as the Managing Editor and oversee daily assignments and the editorial direction of Pasadena Now. Coleman has won several awards for news writing and investigativ... More »
When I look at the root causes of homelessness and lack of affordability, I see a dramatic lack of the number of homes near jobs. In California, we have 1.3 million fewer housing units than we need. What happens because of this mismatch? Almost every “market-r... More »
Is it just me or is Pasadena feeling more and more like LA’s Westside these days? With so much new residential infill development and the resulting increase in traffic, Pasadena is feeling less like our beloved “small town” and more like an extension of LA. It... More »
A Pasadena firefighter was joined by firefighters from Oregon at a local fire station as they prepared to fly out Saturday night to assist Australia with the unprecedented wildfires on that continent. Firefighter/Paramedic Justin Hester was to depart to Austra... More »
Huntington Hospital today announced that Brad McCoy will be joining as vice president of construction, facilities and real estate. McCoy brings almost two decades of construction and financial management experience for large-scale projects in both the hospital... More »
Pasadena Now has learned that the Pasadena Police Department took nearly 500 guns off the streets in the past two years. All told 237 guns were taken off the streets in 2018 and 225 in 2019 according to documents supplied by the department. “This is a signific... More »
Two vehicles — one reportedly speeding and the other executing an unsafe u-turn — collided about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on North Lake Avenue near its intersection with East Rio Grande Street. The impact trapped an Alhambra man in his 20’s inside his black Lexus a... More »
